paulthegreat
Fish Addict
Well, after selling 16 juvie orange Swordies I went and bought three black Swordies after the advice of Polardbear 
I got me a nice male with orange fins and two females, both have white bellys and one has an orange stripe from just behind the head that goes to the beginning of the back fin. The male was already trying to mate with one or more of the three orange females. He is getting first shot at the girls since my orange male is not fully matured yet and has not had a chance to go after his sisters 
I got me a nice male with orange fins and two females, both have white bellys and one has an orange stripe from just behind the head that goes to the beginning of the back fin. The male was already trying to mate with one or more of the three orange females. He is getting first shot at the girls since my orange male is not fully matured yet and has not had a chance to go after his sisters 
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) I had to work for an hour to get one on my avitar!!
Well my happiness was a bit short lived. The new black male died after less then 18 hours in his new home. No signs of sickness, no injuries, no clue! He seemed happy and was even chasing the girls before lights out. I found him this morning belly up 
I guess that I will have to wait a while before I try to get a new male. I am going to have to keep an eye on the tank and maybe do more extensive water testing. I had done a 40% change on Wednesday after Fiskis II died so the water should be fine 
Might have been stress but I do not think so since he did not seem to be hiding or clamping and he ate with the others.
